Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen is the Washington DC correspondent for Behind The Headlines. He has produced widely distributed video reports and print dispatches from across Israel-Palestine. He tweets at @DanCohen3000.

Watch the New MintPress News Documentary Film: Gaza Fights Back

Gaza Fights Back is the latest documentary from MintPress journalist and filmmaker Dan Cohen. It tells the story of Israel’s 11-day war on the Gaza Strip in May 2021.

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  Filmed during the attack and in the days following the ceasefire, the documentary tells the story of how Gaza’s armed resistance groups outwitted the vastly superior Israeli military and established their ability to intervene against Israeli ethnic cleansing of neighborhoods like Sheikh Jarrah and provocations at the al-Aqsa compound in

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Lina Hidalgo and the Arnolds: Billionaire Influence Network Crafts Lockdowns Across US

With policies crafted by the nationwide influence network of billionaire couple John and Laura Arnold, Lina Hidalgo has turned the Houston area into a laboratory for the emergent biosecurity regime.

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HOUSTON – On Friday, March 11, Texas Rangers and the Harris County District Attorney raided the office of Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, seizing computers, telephones and other items. One month later, Hidalgo’s chief of staff, Alex Triantaphyllis, policy director Wallis Nader and former policy aide Aaron Dunn were indicted on charges of misuse

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Testimony Reveals Zelensky’s Secret Police Plot to ‘Liquidate’ Opposition Figure Anatoly Shariy

Accounts from the Ukrainian SBU’s torture prison reveal Zelensky’s plot to assassinate exiled opposition figure and leading journalist Anatoly Shariy.

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KIEV, UKRAINE -- On March 7, Anatoly Shariy, a Ukrainian opposition figure and one of the country’s most popular journalists, received an email from Igor, an old acquaintance with whom he had not communicated for years (Igor is an alias used to protect his identity). “Please help me find a place to live, suggest an apartment or an agent. I'm

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Ukraine’s Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists and CIA Cutouts

Dan Cohen reveals the network of foreign strategists, Washington DC lobbyists, and intelligence-linked media outlets behind Ukraine’s public relations blitz.

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WASHINGTON DC -- Since the Russian offensive inside Ukraine commenced on February 24, the Ukrainian military has cultivated the image of a plucky little army standing up to the Russian Goliath. To bolster the perception of Ukrainian military mettle, Kiev has churned out a steady stream of sophisticated propaganda aimed at stirring public and

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US Admits to Funding Biological Laboratories in Ukraine, with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva

State Department official Victoria Nuland admitted that the US government is funding biological laboratories in Ukraine, confirming what Washington has long dismissed as “Russian propaganda.” Correspondent Dan Cohen interviews journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, who has investigated these facilities in Eastern Europe.

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On March 8, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland commented on a recent Russian Ministry of Defense announcement it had obtained documents proving the existence of biological weapons programs in laboratories financed by the United States in Ukraine. Sen. Marco Rubio: Does Ukraine have chemical or biological

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The Ukraine Crisis with Dan Cohen and Scott Ritter

Dan Cohen is joined by former United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

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 As the Ukraine crisis escalates, correspondent Dan Cohen is joined by former United Nations Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter. They contextualize the history of NATO deceptions, provocations, and the 7-year war on Donbas that led up to Russia’s invasion to “de-Nazify” Ukraine. Ritter compares the military capabilities of the US, NATO, and Russia,

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Mainstream Media Melts Down as ‘Defeat the Mandates DC’ Rally Overcomes Political Divides

Several thousand marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial to protest vaccine mandates being implemented across the US. Branded “extremists” by corporate media, rally goers of all political stripes listened to more than 30 speakers. Behind the Headlines’ Dan Cohen reports from the protest.

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 WASHINGTON DC -- Thousands of people came from all over the country to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., to protest the vaccine mandates being implemented throughout the nation. The Defeat the Mandates DC rally drew attendees from a wide variety of political stripes. Physicians, attorneys, grassroots organizers and activists, athletes

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